Analyst's note: Absolutely must read Thought you'd like to know about this one. Please read the original article for the rest of the details, as the trail is clearly leading to Mr. Obama who now sits in the White House.
"As suspected, the IRS scandal leads straight to the White House, and yesterday we got our first bit of hard evidence demonstrating this. The trail does not end here. There is still a lot we don’t know, but the one thing we know for certain is that the White House, the former IRS chief, and the current IRS chief all lied about who was involved with the IRS targeting."
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Bombshell: Obama appointee oversaw IRS targeting of Tea Party groups
by Poor Richard's News
When the IRS targeting scandal broke, the White House was quick to pay blame on “two lower-level employees in Cincinnati." Yesterday, those two employees from the Cincinnati office testified under oath before the House Oversight Committee, and it became abundantly clear: not only was the IRS targeting overseen by higher-ups in the agency, it was directed by an Obama political appointee.
from Wall Street Journal:
Now comes Mr. Hull’s testimony. And like Ms. Hofacre, he pointed his finger upward. Mr. Hull—a 48-year IRS veteran and an expert on tax exemption law—told investigators that tea-party applications under his review were sent upstairs within the Washington office, at the direction of Lois Lerner.
In April 2010, Hull was assigned to scrutinize certain tea-party applications. He requested more information from the groups. After he received responses, he felt he knew enough to determine whether the applications should be approved or denied.
But his recommendations were not carried out.
Michael Seto, head of Mr. Hull’s unit, also spoke to investigators. He told them Lois Lerner made an unusual decision: Tea-party applications would undergo additional scrutiny—a multilayered review.
Mr. Hull told House investigators that at some point in the winter of 2010-11, Ms. Lerner’s senior adviser, whose name is withheld in the publicly released partial interview transcript, told him the applications would require further review:
Q: “Did [the senior adviser to Ms. Lerner] indicate to you whether she agreed with your recommendations?"
A: “She did not say whether she agreed or not. She said it should go to chief counsel."
Q: “The IRS chief counsel?"
A: “The IRS chief counsel."
The IRS chief counsel is named William Wilkins. And again, he is one of only two Obama political appointees in the IRS.
William Wilkins is a loyal Obama donor and foot soldier. He was a registered lobbyist before Obama appointed him to the IRS chief counsel. He even defended Obama’s former pastor Jeremiah Wright in court when the controversial minister violated his 501(c)(3) tax status.
As suspected, the IRS scandal leads straight to the White House, and yesterday we got our first bit of hard evidence demonstrating this. The trail does not end here. There is still a lot we don’t know, but the one thing we know for certain is that the White House, the former IRS chief, and the current IRS chief all lied about who was involved with the IRS targeting.
